Heart Demon

That was to say.

Everything He Song was considering now was merely the final escape route he had left for himself.

As for whether he would actually carry it out,

He Song was deeply reluctant.

After all, as an Immortal, He Song attached immense importance to his own strength.

If a failed breakthrough would cause his strength to decline significantly, then He Song naturally could not treat such a matter as something ordinary.

Under such circumstances, although He Song knew that even if he failed his breakthrough, he would not perish like other cultivators.

Indeed, after one failed breakthrough, his chances of success might even greatly increase when he attempted another breakthrough.

Even so, he could never deliberately choose such a course.

What if, while He Song's strength had weakened, he encountered some great crisis?

What if some major event occurred in the outside world while He Song's strength had weakened?

Such circumstances could cost him his life.

Perhaps that tiny gap in strength would be enough to cause He Song to perish completely.

If such a thing truly happened, He Song would regret it when it was already far too late.

And precisely because of this,

although the thought had crossed He Song's mind, he could not possibly put this plan into practice.

Once this plan was carried out, He Song's own strength would be severely diminished.

Perhaps

only when he had no hope whatsoever of breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm

would He Song choose to try this plan, and only after making every possible preparation for retreat.

However, since He Song now understood everything required to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm,

and had ample time ahead of him,

there was naturally no chance that He Song would choose to carry out this plan.

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